Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 635 · 40 questions

Memory tip (The right trick for the job): Acronym: VIBGYOR for the rainbow colours. First-letter sentence: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower. Rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”. Chunking: 9876543210 as 987 654 3210. Ask: is it a number, a list or one fact? Then choose chunking, an acronym or sentence, or a rhyme.

1. 1.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
3. 3.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, van, ant, guava, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCAGI (b) IGAVC (c) CVAGI (d) VAGIC
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, kettle, inkpot? (a) Kites Ink Runs (b) Kites Runs Ink (c) Ink Kites Runs (d) Runs Kites Ink
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 8442057670. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 844 205 76770 (b) 844 257 670 (c) 844 205 7670 (d) 844 250 7670
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 135570550. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 135 750 550 (b) 135 570 550 (c) 135 570 50 (d) 135 557 0550
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, watch, lemon? (a) Wins Lazy Mum (b) Lazy Wins Mum (c) Mum Wins Lazy (d) Wins Mum Lazy
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, monkey, duck? (a) Crazy My Dogs (b) Dogs My Crazy (c) My Crazy Dogs (d) My Dogs Crazy
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 660397930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 660 399 7930 (b) 603 979 30 (c) 660 937 930 (d) 660 397 930
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 124805971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 124 805 9971 (b) 124 805 971 (c) 124 850 971 (d) 128 059 71
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, doll, goat, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDGS (b) DKGS (c) DGSK (d) SGDK
25. 25.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
28. 28.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 960082303302. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9600 8223 03302 (b) 9600 8230 3032 (c) 9600 2303 302 (d) 9600 8230 3302
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, apple, tomato, violin, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATVSB (b) SVTAB (c) ABTVS (d) BATVS
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 954826197. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 954 822 6197 (b) 954 826 197 (c) 954 261 97 (d) 954 862 197
33. 33.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, anchor, duck, onion, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NADOK (b) ADOKN (c) KODAN (d) ANDOK
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, jeep, umpire, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUJI (b) IJUB (c) JIUB (d) JUBI
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 6000808159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 000 808 159 (b) 600 080 8159 (c) 600 008 08159 (d) 600 088 0159
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, van, guava, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WVGU (b) VGUW (c) VWGU (d) UGVW
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 872296762. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 872 926 762 (b) 872 296 62 (c) 872 229 6762 (d) 872 296 762

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